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Park may hinder construction of Midtown Walmart (by design?)
Number of comments: 7There’s a new twist in the debate over Walmart and the future of Midtown Miami.
A developer opposed to the store opening in the neighborhood, Alex Vadia, has submitted to the City of Miami a preliminary design for “Mpark”, a new urban park to be located on a narrow [...]
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Trayvon Martin and the New Racism
Number of comments: 3
We upgrade our computers. We upgrade our phones. We upgrade our TVs. So why wouldn’t we upgrade our racist tendencies? Yes, folks, we are in a whole new world of racism. Racism 2.0. [...]
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Share the road, share the sidewalk
Sharing is meant to be a two-way behavior. The writer of the note here understands it very well. Hers is the kind of awareness that we hope to build through the SafeStreetsMiami campaign. The note is shortened slightly and the author's name left out by request.
Just thought I would [...]
From Green Mobility Network - Active personal transportation for a better South Florida at March 26, 2012, 6:20pm in Living, Environment -
Share the road, share the sidewalk
Sharing is meant to be a two-way behavior. The writer of the note here understands it very well. Hers is the kind of awareness that we hope to build through the SafeStreetsMiami campaign. The note is shortened slightly and the author's name left out by request.
Just thought I would [...]
From Green Mobility Network - Active personal transportation for a better South Florida at March 26, 2012, 6:20pm in Living, Environment
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Video: Miami high school students demand justice for Trayvon
I’m truly moved by Miami students’ mature and engaged response to Trayvon Martin’s killing. But watching this video of a protest in front of Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School, where both Trayvon and I went to school, I wonder: Where are the white students? Why aren’t they standing [...]
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We Will Not Boycott Starbucks
Number of comments: 3
The National Organization of Marriage is calling for a boycott of Starbucks. They are reacting to the following memorandum according to their boycott website: ‘On January 12th, 2012, Starbucks issued a memorandum declaring that same-sex marriage 'is core to who we are and what we value as a company.' The [...]
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As West Avenue Bridge meeting approaches, who supports what?
Number of comments: 10
The Florida Department of Transportation and the city of Miami Beach hold another public meeting Tuesday on the proposal to build a West Avenue bridge over the Collins Canal. Sentiment in the neighborhoods around the West Avenue path — from … Continue reading → [...]
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Cocktails for Happy Hour
I love a good cocktail…ring. Seriously, though, if you’ve been following along on my weekly Happy Hour selections, you’ve probably noticed I have a healthy obsession with accessories. I love a good bauble as much as the next girl, but the thing is really how darn HOT it is in [...]
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Miami Fashion Week Teaser
It’s been a long week of shows and emerging designs, each fighting hard to make an impression on a crowd saturated with buyers and stylists. Though there were some collections that could have used some serious editing, for the most part, designers at Miami Beach International Fashion Week put [...]
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Scenes from the rakontur cutting room floor
O Cinema celebrates 10 years of film making by rakontur, the Miami-based media studio behind Cocaine Cowboys (pictured).
As we mentioned in this week’s indie film guide, all of next week O Cinema will celebrate the first 10 years of film making by rakontur, the Miami-based media [...]
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